Saint Callixtus: From Slave, to Pope, to Martyr
This is the memorial of Saints Callixtus, (+222-223) (also spelled Callistus), whose life is historically shrouded, as are many of the early Christians. Some...
Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun
This 13th day of October marks the anniversary final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima in the fateful year of 1917, to the three...
Our Lady of the Pillar
This Marian commemoration dates back to very early in the Church's history. In fact, it is the first 'vision' of Our Lady. As the...
Good Pope John and His Council
Today marks the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, now more than six decades back to those heady days of the...
Saint Francis Borgia – Second Founder of the Jesuits
Saint Francis Borgia (1510 - 1572) was a true renaissance man, who lived two lives in one - first, as a married layman, then...
Saint Denis of Paris and Saint John Leonardi of Lucca
Besides the great John Henry Newman, we also commemorate two other saints on this day:
Saint Denis, patron of Paris, was the first bishop of...
Newman the Kindly Prophet
Although he died on August 11th, in 1890, the Church commemorates Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman on October 9th. For it was on this...
Benedict Beatifying Newman
MASS WITH THE BEATIFICATION
OF VENERABLE CARDINAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Cofton Park of Rednal - Birmingham
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Dear Brothers and...
The Holy Rosary, the Hope of Lepanto, of Europe, of the World…
Today we celebrate Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, a feast instituted by Pope Saint Pius V in commemoration of the great victory...
Bruno’s Great Silence
On this crisp Fall day of October the 6th, we fittingly celebrate Saint Bruno (+1101), teacher, bishop, confidante of the Pope and, perhaps most...